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On Monday, we discussed that heart disease might start in your gut.
On Wednesday's podcast release, we spoke with Aliky Kouroupis and discussed how you can get healthier faster by starting with your gut.
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Healthcare providers looking … [Read more...]

Get help using this information to become healthier.
Get your personalized plan for optimizing your gut health with my new book.
Healthcare providers looking to sharpen their clinical skills, check out the Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter.
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On Monday, we spoke with Shivan Sarna and Dr. Allison Siebecker and had an evidence based response and … [Read more...]

Let’s discuss prevalence of gluten sensitivity, and how often it is associated to autoimmunity, including thyroid autoimmunity. The information we will discuss will help to counter-balance the overzealous dialogue that permeates gluten discussion. Thus providing you with accurate and reasonable guidelines regarding gluten in your diet.
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In this study, with over 12,000 … [Read more...]

Much of the immune system and the process of inflammation takes place in the gut. Listen as I join Dr. Taz to explain SIBO, FODMAPs, and how to improve your health by aiding your gut.
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Get your personalized plan for optimizing your gut health with my new book.
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What do you do if you have cleared SIBO but still have symptoms? Sometimes, all that is needed is a subtle push to help your gut fully heal. Today we will speak with Catherine, who, after clearing symptoms with another doctor, was still suffering from the following symptoms:
Loose stools
Eczema
Insomnia
Gets cold easily and fingers turn white and numb
Brain fog … [Read more...]

Get help using this information to become healthier.
Get your personalized plan for optimizing your gut health with my new book.
Healthcare providers looking to sharpen their clinical skills, check out the Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter.
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On Monday, we discussed remedies for fatty foods causing gut pain.
On Wednesday's podcast release, we … [Read more...]

Let’s discuss what can cause gut pain from fatty foods and steps you can take to treat the cause.
Dr. R's Fast Facts
What to do about gut pain that occurs after rich fatty foods?
VSL3 is a Lactobacillus Bifidobacterium Probiotic (what we call a category 1 probiotic, a good place to start)
It would be helpful to introduce a category 2 and category 3 probiotic to see if those would … [Read more...]

Today I answer a listener question regarding what causes recurring SIBO and tips for if this is you. The good news here is if you understand some key fundamentals you can overcome recurring SIBO and digestive symptoms.
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Identify if This is Actually SIBO
A flare of digestive symptoms does not mean that you have SIBO.
A flare of digestive symptoms doesn’t necessarily … [Read more...]

Get help using this information to become healthier.
Get your personalized plan for optimizing your gut health with my new book.
Healthcare providers looking to sharpen their clinical skills, check out the Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter.
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On Monday, we discussed a commonly overlooked cause of fatigue.
On Wednesday's podcast release, we … [Read more...]

SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and essentially means someone has too much bacteria in their small intestine. This may cause the symptoms associated with IBS (such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation and bloating), food sensitivities, and even things like skin breakouts, fatigue and depression. SIBO can be tested via a simple breath test. Recently this concept … [Read more...]